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Retailers and processors could be missing a trick when it comes to educating and inspiring consumers about red meat, according to research from AHDB Beef & Lamb.
It showed point-of-sale (POS) material and secondary labelling can help overcome people’s uncertainty about how to cook a particular piece of meat and inspire them at the point of purchase which would, in turn, drive extra sales to benefit both the retailer and processor as well as in...

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As the Christmas season approaches, turkey producers across the UK are preparing for the busy festive period so millions of Brits can tuck into traditional Christmas dinner, knowing their produce is high standard, and of course, British.<br />
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Yorkshire turkey farmer Tim Lindley has said it has been a great year for rearing turkeys. Tim, who sells directly to the public from his farm, said: &ldquo;As far as the birds are concerned it&rsquo;s been a very good year, an incredible year.&rdquo;

A brewery is showing loyalty to British agriculture by using only British grown produce to create its range of beers.<br />
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Tom Wood&rsquo;s Beer in Lincolnshire is one of only around ten breweries in Britain to use all British ingredients in every beer it produces. It sources malt from Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and East Anglia, as well as hops from Kent and Herefordshire.<br />

Lion Eggs chief Andrew Joret fears the next year could be a difficult one for egg producers, although he is optimistic about continued growth in consumption.<br />
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Andrew says fierce competition between supermarkets has seen retail prices falling, packers struggling and some major cuts in producer prices this year<br />
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&ldquo;I think the market is tough for everybody right now and likely to remain so for a while, chiefly because of the competition between the discounters and the traditional supermarkets,&rdquo; he said at a meeting of the Yorkshire Egg Producer Discussion Group.<br />
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However, he said that consumption had been increasing. Questions about salmonella and cholesterol had been largely answered and earlier this year a group of experts had recommended that official advice be changed to show that eating runny eggs was perfectly safe, even for vulnerable groups like the very young, the very old and pregnant women.<br />
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In January this year the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF) concluded that Lion eggs should be given the all-clear when it came to runny eggs.<br />
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The egg industry is now waiting to see whether the Food Standards Agency (FSA) will accept this advice and it is hoped that a decision may be forthcoming as early as this summer.<br />
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Andrew Joret spoke to FarmingUK TV.<br />